diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 456f99e..cc2edbe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: docker/telegram/Dockerfile
     image: "${CM_IMAGE_PREFIX:-local}/cm-telegram:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-dev}"
+    profiles: ["bots"]
 
   api-server:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: docker/api/Dockerfile
     image: "${CM_IMAGE_PREFIX:-local}/cm-api:${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-dev}"
+    depends_on:
+      mysql:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   web-view:
     build:
@@ -27,3 +31,32 @@ services:
       CM_TRANSFER_MAX_THREADS: "1"
     mem_limit: 2g
     cpus: 2
+    profiles: ["bots"]
+
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    container_name: ${CM_DEPLOY_NAME:-cm}-mysql
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-devroot}
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DB_NAME}
+      MYSQL_USER: ${DB_USER}
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:3306:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./docker/mysql/init.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:ro
+      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "127.0.0.1", "-u", "root", "-p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-devroot}"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 12
+    networks:
+      - bot-network
+
+volumes:
+  mysql-data:
+    name: ${CM_DEPLOY_NAME:-cm}-mysql-data
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init.d/01-schema.sql b/docker/mysql/init.d/01-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f8bfd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/mysql/init.d/01-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-- Schema for the CM bot dev DB. Mounted at
+-- /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/01-schema.sql in the mysql:8.0 container;
+-- runs once on first volume initialization.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS acc (
+    username VARCHAR(64) PRIMARY KEY,
+    password VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    status   VARCHAR(32) DEFAULT '',
+    link     VARCHAR(512) DEFAULT ''
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user (
+    f_username       VARCHAR(64) PRIMARY KEY,
+    f_password       VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    t_username       VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+    t_password       VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    last_update_time TIMESTAMP NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init.d/02-seed.sql b/docker/mysql/init.d/02-seed.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93c3f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/mysql/init.d/02-seed.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- Dev-only seed. Four acc rows matching CM_PREFIX_PATTERN=13c so
+-- get_next_username has something to anchor on. Passwords are placeholder
+-- strings — never real cm99.net credentials.
+INSERT INTO acc (username, password, status, link) VALUES
+  ('13c1000', 'seedpass', '', ''),
+  ('13c1001', 'seedpass', '', ''),
+  ('13c1002', 'seedpass', '', ''),
+  ('13c1003', 'seedpass', '', '');